Altitude based device management in a wireless communications system

ABSTRACT

Altitude based device management is provided herein. A method can comprise transmitting, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a signaling message to a network device of a wireless network. The signaling message can comprise first data indicating a device type of the mobile device and second data indicating a distance measurement of the mobile device with respect to a reference point. The method can also comprise implementing, by the mobile device, a first instruction related to a power setting and a second instruction related to an operating parameter. The first instruction and the second instruction can be received from the network device and can be based on the device type of the mobile device and the distance measurement of the mobile device.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The subject disclosure relates generally to communications systems, andfor example, to facilitate altitude based device management in awireless communications system.

BACKGROUND

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones are aircrafts without a humanpilot on board the vehicle. A wireless communications network can beemployed to provide communication between the drone and a ground-basedcontroller. This use of the wireless communications network can causeuplink interference within the wireless communications network. Further,the uplink interface can be difficult to control since the drone can beoperating inline with, or above, network devices of the wirelesscommunications network.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Various non-limiting embodiments are further described with reference tothe accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates an example, non-limiting communications system forproviding altitude based device management in a wireless communicationssystem in accordance with one or more embodiments described herein;

FIG. 2 illustrates an example, non-limiting communications environmentin accordance with one or more embodiments described herein;

FIG. 3 illustrates an example, non-limiting system for management ofdevices in a wireless communications network in accordance with one ormore embodiments described herein;

FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting systemthat facilitates altitude based management using machine learning inaccordance with one or more embodiments described herein;

FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting systemthat facilitates parameters adjustment based on device altitude inaccordance with one or more embodiments described herein;

FIG. 6 illustrates an example, non-limiting method for altitude-baseddevice management in accordance with one or more embodiments describedherein;

FIG. 7 illustrates an example, non-limiting method for managing uplinkinterference associated with a drone device in accordance with one ormore embodiments described herein;

FIG. 8 illustrates an example, non-limiting method for tailoringparameters for an unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with one or moreembodiments described herein;

FIG. 9 illustrates an example block diagram of an example mobile handsetoperable to engage in a system architecture that facilitates wirelesscommunications according to one or more embodiments described herein;and

FIG. 10 illustrates an example block diagram of an example computeroperable to engage in a system architecture that facilitates wirelesscommunications according to one or more embodiments described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

One or more embodiments are now described more fully hereinafter withreference to the accompanying drawings in which example embodiments areshown. In the following description, for purposes of explanation,numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thoroughunderstanding of the various embodiments. However, the variousembodiments can be practiced without these specific details (and withoutapplying to any particular networked environment or standard).

Discussed herein are various aspects that provide altitude based devicemanagement in a wireless communications system. Mobile devices that arecapable of operating at a high altitude (e.g., devices capable offlight) can have a different network complexion than terrestrial devices(e.g., devices not capable of flight) because the high altitude devicesare inline or above the cell sites (e.g., network device, base station).Thus, the high altitude device is almost operating in free space and canbe in the line of sight of a multitude of cell sites since there are noground based obstructions (e.g., clutter, terrain). In contrast, aterrestrial or ground based device might be in the line of sight of one,two, or three cell sites at a time. Thus, high altitude devices can havedifferent issues than ground-based devices. These issues include, butare not limited to: hand-off issues, power control issues, interference,higher Physical Resource Block (PRB) utilizations, and so on.

According to an implementation, the drone device might be instructed toidentify itself to the network and to periodically report its altitudevia signaling messages, for example. This can allow the network toquickly identify the drone device and to manage the drone device(s)differently from other devices (e.g., traditional mobile devices orhandsets). As discussed herein, a drone profile can be utilized and thenetwork can communicate with the drone devices in order to provideinstructions related to power settings and other operating parameters(e.g., handover parameter and other parameters). Thus, the drone radiocan work with the network to address issues that might be created withthe use of traditional cellular radios in drone devices.

In one embodiment, described herein is a method that can comprisetransmitting, by a mobile device comprising a processor, a signalingmessage to a network device of a wireless network. The signaling messagecan comprise first data indicating a device type of the mobile deviceand second data indicating a distance measurement of the mobile devicewith respect to a reference point. The method can also compriseimplementing, by the mobile device, a first instruction related to apower setting and a second instruction related to an operatingparameter. The first instruction and the second instruction can bereceived from the network device and can be based on the device type ofthe mobile device and the distance measurement of the mobile device.

According to another embodiment, a system can comprise a processor and amemory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by theprocessor, facilitate performance of operations. The operations cancomprise transmitting a first signal that comprises a first indicationof a device type and a second signal that comprises a second indicationof a distance measurement of a device with respect to a reference datum.The operations can also comprise adjusting a first configurable settingof the device and a second configurable setting of the device based onan instruction received in reply to the transmitting the first signaland the second signal.

According to an implementation, transmitting the first signal cancomprise setting a first indicator in a message to a defined binaryvalue based on the device being a self-powered device capable of beingairborne. Further to this implementation, the distance measurement canbe a vertical distance measurement, and transmitting the second signalcan comprise changing a second indicator in the message based on thevertical distance measurement being within a defined measurement range.

According to yet another embodiment, described herein is amachine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that,when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations. Theoperations can comprise sending, to a network device of network devices,a signaling message that comprises first data indicative of a devicetype of a mobile device and second data indicative of a distancemeasurement of the mobile device with respect to a reference point.Further, the operations can comprise modifying a power setting based ona first instruction and an operating parameter based on a secondinstruction. The first instruction and the second instruction can bereceived in response to the signaling message and are customized for themobile device.

Referring initially to FIG. 1 illustrated is an example, non-limitingcommunications system 100 for providing altitude based device managementin a wireless communications system in accordance with one or moreembodiments described herein.

Wireless networks (e.g. cellular networks) were originally designed toprovide coverage to mobile devices located on (or near) the ground. Withthe increased usage of aerial vehicles, the communications networkswould benefit from adaptation to provide coverage to devices that arelocated away from the ground. For example, aerial vehicles can have analtitude factor of up to 400 feet or more. Further, the aerial vehiclescan have multiple flying scenarios (e.g., flying with speed, hovering,and so on). Thus, wireless communications networks should adapt in orderto service devices located at higher altitudes (e.g., higher than anantenna of the network). At higher altitudes, the cell is likely to havemore neighbor cells than at a lower altitude. Further, uplink powercontrol allows the drones to transmit at relatively high power when theserving cell path loss is small.

The non-limiting communications system 100 can comprise a network device102 and a mobile device, referred to as a drone device 104. The networkdevice 102 can be included in a group of network devices of a wirelessnetwork. Although only a single mobile device and a single networkdevice are illustrated, the non-limiting communications system 100 cancomprise a multitude of drone devices and/or a multitude of networkdevices. According to some implementations, the drone device 104 can bea high altitude device, commonly referred to as a drone within thisdetailed description. Further, in some implementations, the wirelesscommunications system can include non-drone devices (e.g., terrestrialdevices).

The network device 102 can comprise a communication component 106 and anadjustment manager component 108. The drone device 104 can include aninterface component 110 and a configuration manager component 112. Thecommunication component 106 can receive one or more messages from thedrone device 104, which can communicate through the interface component110. The one or more messages can be signaling messages or othermessages that can facilitate communications in a wireless communicationsnetwork.

As discussed herein, the drone device 104 can be a high altitude devicethat might operate in an airspace that is at the same level as thenetwork device 102, or that is above the network device 102. Since thedrone device 104 is capable of flight, the drone device 104 can fly upin the air and, when the drone device 104 is equipped with wirelesscommunications capabilities, the drone device 104 can be operating infree space. Thus, the drone device 104 can emit a large amount of uplinkinterface (e.g., reverse interference or interference from the dronedevice 104 and back to the network device 102). The antennas of thenetwork device 102 can be pointed toward the ground (e.g., antennadowntilts optimized for terrestrial traffic) and, therefore, differentconsiderations (e.g., drone antenna pattern is omni-directional) arenecessary for the drone device 104. For example, when in the air, thedrone device 104 does not have the same concerns with respect to a powerlevel, a signal strength, and so on, that terrestrial devices might beexperiencing.

To further explain the various aspects, FIG. 2 illustrates an example,non-limiting communications environment 200 in accordance with one ormore embodiments described herein. The non-limiting communicationsenvironment 200 can include one or more network devices, illustrated asa first network device 202 and a second network device 204. According toan implementation, the network devices can be referred to as basestations, eNodeBs, and so on. Also included in the non-limitingcommunications environment 200 can be one or more terrestrial mobiledevices 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, and 218. Further, there can be oneor more UAV devices or drone devices 220, 222, and 224 within thenon-limiting communications environment 200. An inter-site distance 226(e.g., line of sight) for the terrestrial mobile devices 206, 208, 210,212, 214, 216, and 218 can be between the first network device 202 andthe second network device 204, as illustrated. However, for the dronedevices 220, 222, and 224, the line of sight goes beyond the firstnetwork device 202 and the second network device 204. This expanded lineof sight is due to the drone devices 220, 222, and 224 operating abovethe first network device 202 and the second network device 204.

Further, since the drone devices 220, 222, and 224 are mixed with theterrestrial mobile devices 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, and 218, thefirst network device 202 and the second network device 204 might not beaware which devices are drone devices and which devices are terrestrialmobile devices.

In an example, as drone height increases, the geographic distribution ofdrones served by a site may become wider and wider due to much largervisibility of farther sites, and due to nulls in the vertical antennapattern of closer-in servers. Increasing drone height can cause dramaticincreases in average uplink IoT. This problem can increase as the videorate for drones increases. Further, as drone height increases, serversmight become significantly stronger due to clear line of sight anduncluttered environment. Drones transmitting from large heights cancause significant interference to multiple surrounding sectors. Inaddition, increasing drone height might necessitate increasingly greaterPRB resources to support a same amount of traffic. Additionally,increasing drone height can cause significant impact to throughput ofregular LTE users (or other users) due to increasing IoT and average PRButilization levels. Similar trends can be observed for cell-edge andcell-center LTE users, and also for UHF band.

With reference again to FIG. 1, the network device 102, upon receivingmessages from the drone device 104 might not be aware that the dronedevice 104 is operating at, or above, the network device 102 (e.g., inthe air). Therefore, the configuration manager component 112 can informthe network device 102, through the interface component 110, that thedrone device 104 is a drone. The information related to whether thedevice is a drone device (e.g., is capable of flying) can be programmedin a chipset associated with the drone device 104, according to animplementation.

Further, the drone device 104 can provide a distance measurement in theone or more messages. The distance measurement can indicate the altitudeof the drone device 104. According to some implementations, the distancemeasurement can include the geographic coordinates and the altitude ofthe drone device 104.

Based on the device type and the distance measurement, the networkdevice 102, using the adjustment manager component 108, can customizeone or more parameters for the drone device. For example, a parametercan be a power parameter, an operational parameter, a hand-offparameter, and so on. The customization of the one or more parameterscan be provided as instructions to the drone device 104 and, based onthese instructions, the drone device 104 can implement the updatedparameters (e.g., reduce or mitigate a power level, hand-off to anidentified network device, and so on).

It is noted that a hand-off (or handover) might not change much withaltitude changes for some devices. However, for other devices, thehandover rate might be higher at 400 feet as compared to 250 feet, forexample. There may also be a larger number of neighbors at one heightversus another height. The increase in the handover rate might be due toa tilted antenna. The handover points can be correlated to slightvariation on an uplink throughput.

The communication component 106 can be a transmitter/receiver configuredto transmit to and/or receive data from the network device 102 to othernetwork devices, the drone device 104, and/or other drone devices ormobile devices. Through the communication component 106, the networkdevice 102 can concurrently transmit and receive data, the networkdevice 102 can transmit and receive data at different times, orcombinations thereof.

The network device 102 can also comprise a memory 114 operativelycoupled to a processor 116. The memory 114 can store protocolsassociated with altitude based device management as discussed herein.Further, the memory 114 can facilitate action to control communicationbetween the network device 102 and the drone device 104, such that thenon-limiting communications system 100 can employ stored protocolsand/or algorithms to achieve improved communications in a wirelessnetwork as described herein.

The interface component 110 can be a transmitter/receiver configured totransmit to and/or receive data from the drone device 104, to thenetwork device 102, other network devices, other drone devices and/ormobile devices. Through the interface component 110, the drone device104 can concurrently transmit and receive data, the drone device 104 cantransmit and receive data at different times, or combinations thereof.

Further, the drone device 104 can comprise a memory 118 operativelycoupled to a processor 120. The memory 118 can store protocolsassociated with altitude based device management as discussed herein.Further, the memory 118 can facilitate action to control communicationbetween the drone device 104 and the network device 102, such that thenon-limiting communications system 100 can employ stored protocolsand/or algorithms to achieve improved communications in a wirelessnetwork as described herein.

Various experiments were conducted in accordance with the disclosedaspects. Based on these experiments, it was observed that better dronecoverage (DownLink Reference Signal Received Power (DL RSRP))deteriorated a drone interference (DL Reference Signal Received Quantity(RSRQ)). Further, it was observed that the drone impacted uplinkinterference on the adjacent cells. In addition, a larger drone trafficcan have an impact on performance of the network, including uplinkinterference and average PRB utilization.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example, non-limiting system 300 for management ofdevices in a wireless communications network in accordance with one ormore embodiments described herein. Repetitive description of likeelements employed in other embodiments described herein is omitted forsake of brevity.

The non-limiting system 300 can comprise one or more of the componentsand/or functionality of the non-limiting communications system 100 andvice versa. As discussed herein, steady sustained drone traffic couldhave a dramatic impact on performance of the wireless network includingsignificantly larger uplink IoT and average PRB utilization. This canhave a negative impact to uplink throughput performance of regularuplink LTE users.

A device type module 302 can retain information related to the dronedevice 104 including a device type of the drone device 104. For example,the device type can comprise information related to whether the deviceis capable of movement in a vertical direction as compared to aterrestrial device not capable of movement in the vertical direction.Based on whether the device is capable of vertical movement, the devicetype module 302 can set a first flag in a signaling message to a binaryvalue that corresponds to the capabilities of the drone device 104. Forexample, if the device is not capable of vertical movement (e.g.,self-powered vertical movement), the first flag can be empty or have avalue of zero. However, if the device is capable of the verticalmovement, the device type module 302 can set the first flag to one. Itshould be noted that other manners of identifying whether the device iscapable of flight can be utilized with the disclosed aspects.

A distance determiner module 304 can measure a distance of the dronedevice 104 with respect to a reference point. In an implementation, thereference point can be a local ground level. According to anotherimplementation, the reference point can be a mean sea level. Further,the distance can be an altitude measurement. The distance determinermodule 304 can set a second flag in the signaling message to a numericalvalue based on the distance. According to some implementations, thenumerical value is based on a range of distances. In an example,non-limiting implementation, a value of “0” can indicate an altitudebetween 0 and 50 feet; a value of “1” can indicate an altitude between50 and 100 feet, a value of “2” can indicate an altitude between 100 and200 feet; a value of “3” can indicate an altitude between 200 and 300feet; a value of “4” can indicate an altitude between 300 and 400 feet;and a value of “5” can indicate an altitude above 400 feet. Althoughcertain values and altitudes are provided herein, the disclosed aspectsare not limited to this implementation and other values and/or altituderanges can be utilized.

In accordance with some implementations, rather than using ranges, thealtitude value can be provided. However, according to variousimplementations, using a range of altitudes can conserve batteryresources at the drone device 104. For example, providing a moreaccurate altitude can drain the battery of the drone device 104.Further, the determination of how to represent the altitude can be afunction of how many flags (and/or the number of bits being transmitted)in the signaling message are dedicated for the communications discussedherein.

Based on the values of the first flag and second flag (or other flagsthat can be set in accordance with the various aspects provided herein),the network device 102 can determine one or more parameters for thedrone device 104. For example, based on the settings, the network device102 can determine the device is a drone and can transmit two or moreparameters, which can be different parameters than those provided toterrestrial devices. For example, the network device 102 can transmitparameters x and y to the terrestrial devices. However, for the dronedevice 104, the network device 102 can transmit parameters x′ and y′.

Since the signaling message can be communicated in real-time (or fairlyoften), changes in the altitude can change and the network device 102(or another network device handed-off to as the drone device 104 moveswithin the wireless communications network) can provide furtherinstructions related to the x′, y′, and/or other parameters.Accordingly, the x′ and y′ parameters (as well as other parameters) canbe tailored for the drone device 104.

According to an implementation, mitigation options can be provided. Fora theoretical TX (transmit) power equals alpha*PL+PO_pusch+10*log10(PRB). The alpha or PO_pusch (through PO UE (user equipment) offset)can be changed to make the drone TX power roll off faster with pathloss,or it can be flattened to maintain low interference at the expense of ULthroughput. In an example, the maximum UE TX power can be made lower fordrones than for normal (e.g., terrestrial) UEs. The eNB antenna patterncan play a role in determining neighbor cells. Thus, an antenna with agood vertical pattern can help improve the dominance

In general, when pathloss is small, the drone can cause higherinterference to neighbor cells. Interference can be estimated by UE TXpower minus pathloss to neighbor cells. For a hovering phase, the dronestraightly flies up and down. This pathloss change is mainly due toaltitude and terrain profile not due to distance to serving cell. Whenserving cell pathloss is small, the neighbor cell pathloss can also besmall.

In a ‘flying around’ phase, a similar trend was observed: within certainpathloss range, when pathloss is small, the drone can cause higherinterference to neighbor cells. However, at 400 feet after certainpoint, the interference to neighbor cell increases with pathloss toserving cell increases. When the drone is flying around, it has morechances of LOS. The pathloss to neighbor cell may decrease with servingcell pathloss increases.

FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting system400 that facilitates altitude based management using machine learning inaccordance with one or more embodiments described herein. Repetitivedescription of like elements employed in other embodiments describedherein is omitted for sake of brevity.

The non-limiting system 400 can comprise one or more of the componentsand/or functionality of the non-limiting communications system 100and/or the non-limiting system 300, and vice versa. The non-limitingsystem 400 can include machine learning components. For example, thenetwork device 102 can include a first machine learning component 402and the drone device 104 can include a second machine learning component404. The machine learning components 402, 404 can perform a set ofmachine learning computations associated with altitude-based devicemanagement.

For example, the machine learning components 402, 404 can perform a setof machine learning computations associated with the altitudedeterminations, the device-type determinations, the parameteradjustments, and other considerations in a wireless communicationsnetwork that includes terrestrial devices and drone devices.

For example, the machine learning component 402 can determine whetherone or more parameters of a drone device should be changed based on analtitude of the device. As the altitude of the device changes, themachine learning component 402 can tailor the one or more parameters toreduce or mitigate uplink interference in accordance with the variousaspects provided herein.

The machine learning components 402, 404 can utilize machine learningsystems that have been explicitly or implicitly trained to learn,determine or infer device properties (e.g., is it a terrestrial device,or a drone device), an amount of uplink interference caused by the dronedevice based on current settings and/or current altitude, and so on. Itis to be appreciated that machine learning systems can be implemented inone or more of the components to generate explicitly and/or implicitlytrained models that provide the recommendation parameter adjustmentsthat are determined to reduce an amount of uplink interference caused bythe drone device. The machine learning systems can learn systems,networks, etc., identify one or more drone devices, respectiveparameters of the drone devices, and so on in order to determine orinfer one or more parameter adjustments that should be recommended tothe drone device(s).

FIG. 5 illustrates a block diagram of an example, non-limiting system500 that facilitates parameters adjustment based on device altitude inaccordance with one or more embodiments described herein. Repetitivedescription of like elements employed in other embodiments describedherein is omitted for sake of brevity.

The non-limiting system 500 can comprise one or more of the componentsand/or functionality of the non-limiting communications system 100, thenon-limiting system 300, the non-limiting system 400, and vice versa. Asillustrated, the network device can comprise a first parameter module502 and a second parameter module 504. The first parameter module 502can be utilized for devices that are ground based and/or for unmannedaerial vehicles that are located near the ground. For example, theunmanned aerial vehicles located near the ground might not be in flight,might be just starting or ending flight, or might be operating at loweraltitudes for other reasons. Based on the determination of whether thedevice is a ground-based device or an unmanned aerial vehicle near theground (e.g., the location of the drone device 104), the first parametermodule 502 can provide a first set of parameters for the one or moredevices in this location category.

If the device is an unmanned aerial vehicle and its altitude is above adefined altitude, a second set of parameters can be provided to aparticular unmanned aerial vehicle by the second parameter module 504.In an example, the defined altitude can be a position above antennas ofa base station. In another example, there can be more than one definedaltitude or altitude ranges as discussed above. In this manner, thefirst parameter module 502 can output parameters x and y; and the secondparameter module 504 can output respective parameters x′ and y′ to theone or more drone devices 104.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example, non-limiting method 600 foraltitude-based device management in accordance with one or moreembodiments described herein. The non-limiting method 600 starts at 602with transmitting a signaling message to a network device of a wirelessnetwork. The signaling message can comprise first data indicating adevice type of a mobile device and second data indicating a distancemeasurement of the mobile device with respect to a reference point.

According to an implementation, the device type of the mobile device cancomprise a device capable of movement in a vertical direction ascompared to a terrestrial device not capable of movement in the verticaldirection. Further, to this implementation, the mobile device can be anunmanned aerial vehicle equipped with wireless communicationsfunctionality.

According to an implementation, the distance measurement can be includedin a defined measurement range identified by a value associated with thesecond data. Further, to this implementation, the defined measurementrange can be configured to conserve battery resources of the mobiledevice. In an implementation, the reference point can be a mean sealevel and the distance measurement can be an altitude measurement. Inanother implementation, the reference point can be a local ground leveland the distance measurement can be an altitude measurement.

At 604, the method 600 includes implementing a first instruction relatedto a power setting and a second instruction related to an operatingparameter. The first instruction and the second instruction can bereceived from the network device and can be based on the device type ofthe mobile device and the distance measurement of the mobile device.

According to some implementations, implementing the first instructionrelated to the power setting and the second instruction related to theoperating parameter can comprise receiving the first instruction and thesecond instruction that are configured for the mobile device based onthe signaling message.

In an example, the network device can be a first network device, and thesecond instruction can comprise a hand-off instruction that indicates amovement of the mobile device from the first network device to a secondnetwork device.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example, non-limiting method 700 for managinguplink interference associated with a drone device in accordance withone or more embodiments described herein. The non-limiting method 700starts at 702 with transmitting a first signal that comprises a firstindication of a device type and a second signal that comprises a secondindication of a distance measurement of a device with respect to areference datum. The reference datum can be a local ground level, forexample.

The method 700 can also include, at 704, setting a first flag in thesignaling message to a binary value indicating the device type of themobile device and a second flag in the signaling message to a numericalvalue indicating the distance measurement. The first data can comprisethe first flag and the second data can comprise the second flag.According to some implementations, the binary value can be a value ofzero based on the mobile device being a ground-based device and a valueof one based on the mobile device being a self-powered air transportdevice.

At 706, a first configurable setting of the device and a secondconfigurable setting of the device are adjusted based on an instructionreceived in reply to the transmitting the first signal and the secondsignal. The change to the first configurable setting and the secondconfigurable setting can be customized for the device based on thedevice type and the distance measurement. According to animplementation, the first configurable setting can be related to anoperating parameter and the second configurable setting can be relatedto a power parameter.

Another message can be sent to update parameters associated with thedrone device. Thus, a third signal that comprises a third indication ofa device type and a fourth signal that comprises a fourth indication ofa distance measurement of a device with respect to a reference datum canbe transmitted. The third indication can be the same as the firstindication. However, the position of the device might have changed and,therefore, the second indication and the fourth indication can bedifferent. If the indications are different, further instructions can beprovided related to mitigating or reducing uplink interference in awireless communications network.

According to the various aspects provided herein, the drone can identifyitself to the network with its approximate altitude (e.g., via asignaling message). Uplink power control algorithm and parameters can bedefined to better control uplink UAS and IoTs. Further, handoveroptimization parameters can be provided for high altitude devices.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example, non-limiting method 800 for tailoringparameters for an unmanned aerial vehicle in accordance with one or moreembodiments described herein. The non-limiting method 800 starts at 802,when a device type of a mobile device is received at a network device.The device type can be received in a signaling message from the mobiledevice. Further, the type can indicate whether the mobile device is aground-based device or whether the device is an unmanned aerial vehicle.

Further, at 804, location information of the mobile device can bereceived. The location information can be provided in the signalingmessage and can include an altitude measurement. According to someimplementations, the location can include an indication of a latitudeand longitude location of the mobile device. In some implementations,the altitude measurement can indicate a range of measurements instead ofa specific altitude.

Based on the received information, at 806 a set of parameters can betransmitted based on the device type and the location of the mobiledevice. For example, if the device type is a ground-based device, afirst set of parameters (e.g., x and y parameters) can be provided tothe device. If the device type is an unmanned aerial vehicle and thedevice location is below a defined altitude, the first set of parameterscan be transmitted to the device. However, if the device type is anunmanned aerial vehicle and the location is above the defined altitude,a second set of parameters (e.g., x′ and y′ parameters) can betransmitted to the device. The second set of parameters can be tailoredfor the device based on the altitude being included in a range ofaltitudes, or based on a more accurate altitude measurement.

Described herein are systems, methods, articles of manufacture, andother embodiments or implementations that can facilitate altitude baseddevice management in a 5G network. Facilitating altitude based devicemanagement for a 5G network can be implemented in connection with anytype of device with a connection to the communications network (e.g., amobile handset, a computer, a handheld device, etc.) any Internet ofthings (IoT) device (e.g., toaster, coffee maker, blinds, music players,speakers, etc.), and/or any connected vehicles (cars, airplanes, spacerockets, and/or other at least partially automated vehicles (e.g.,drones)). In some embodiments, the non-limiting term User Equipment (UE)is used. It can refer to any type of wireless device that communicateswith a radio network node in a cellular or mobile communication system.Examples of UE are target device, device to device (D2D) UE, machinetype UE or UE capable of machine to machine (M2M) communication, PDA,Tablet, mobile terminals, smart phone, Laptop Embedded Equipped (LEE),laptop mounted equipment (LME), USB dongles etc. Note that the termselement, elements and antenna ports can be interchangeably used butcarry the same meaning in this disclosure. The embodiments areapplicable to single carrier as well as to Multi-Carrier (MC) or CarrierAggregation (CA) operation of the UE. The term Carrier Aggregation (CA)is also called (e.g., interchangeably called) “multi-carrier system,”“multi-cell operation,” “multi-carrier operation,” “multi-carrier”transmission and/or reception.

In some embodiments, the non-limiting term radio network node or simplynetwork node is used. It can refer to any type of network node thatserves one or more UEs and/or that is coupled to other network nodes ornetwork elements or any radio node from where the one or more UEsreceive a signal. Examples of radio network nodes are Node B, BaseStation (BS), Multi-Standard Radio (MSR) node such as MSR BS, eNode B,network controller, Radio Network Controller (RNC), Base StationController (BSC), relay, donor node controlling relay, Base TransceiverStation (BTS), Access Point (AP), transmission points, transmissionnodes, RRU, RRH, nodes in Distributed Antenna System (DAS) etc.

Cloud Radio Access Networks (RAN) can enable the implementation ofconcepts such as Software-Defined Network (SDN) and Network FunctionVirtualization (NFV) in 5G networks. This disclosure can facilitate ageneric channel state information framework design for a 5G network.Certain embodiments of this disclosure can comprise an SDN controllerthat can control routing of traffic within the network and between thenetwork and traffic destinations. The SDN controller can be merged withthe 5G network architecture to enable service deliveries via openApplication Programming Interfaces (APIs) and move the network coretowards an all Internet Protocol (IP), cloud based, and software driventelecommunications network. The SDN controller can work with, or takethe place of Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) network elementsso that policies such as quality of service and traffic management androuting can be synchronized and managed end to end.

To meet the huge demand for data centric applications, 4G standards canbe applied to 5G, also called New Radio (NR) access. 5G networks cancomprise the following: data rates of several tens of megabits persecond supported for tens of thousands of users; 1 gigabit per secondcan be offered simultaneously to tens of workers on the same officefloor; several hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections can besupported for massive sensor deployments; spectral efficiency can beenhanced compared to 4G; improved coverage; enhanced signalingefficiency; and reduced latency compared to LTE. In multicarrier systemsuch as OFDM, each subcarrier can occupy bandwidth (e.g., subcarrierspacing). If the carriers use the same bandwidth spacing, then it can beconsidered a single numerology. However, if the carriers occupydifferent bandwidth and/or spacing, then it can be considered a multiplenumerology.

Referring now to FIG. 9, illustrated is an example block diagram of anexample mobile handset 900 operable to engage in a system architecturethat facilitates wireless communications according to one or moreembodiments described herein. Although a mobile handset is illustratedherein, it will be understood that other devices can be a mobile device,and that the mobile handset is merely illustrated to provide context forthe embodiments of the various embodiments described herein. Thefollowing discussion is intended to provide a brief, general descriptionof an example of a suitable environment in which the various embodimentscan be implemented. While the description includes a general context ofcomputer-executable instructions embodied on a machine-readable storagemedium, those skilled in the art will recognize that the innovation alsocan be implemented in combination with other program modules and/or as acombination of hardware and software.

Generally, applications (e.g., program modules) can include routines,programs, components, data structures, etc., that perform particulartasks or implement particular abstract data types. Moreover, thoseskilled in the art will appreciate that the methods described herein canbe practiced with other system configurations, includingsingle-processor or multiprocessor systems, minicomputers, mainframecomputers, as well as personal computers, hand-held computing devices,microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, and the like,each of which can be operatively coupled to one or more associateddevices.

A computing device can typically include a variety of machine-readablemedia. Machine-readable media can be any available media that can beaccessed by the computer and includes both volatile and non-volatilemedia, removable and non-removable media. By way of example and notlimitation, computer-readable media can comprise computer storage mediaand communication media. Computer storage media can include volatileand/or non-volatile media, removable and/or non-removable mediaimplemented in any method or technology for storage of information, suchas computer-readable instructions, data structures, program modules, orother data. Computer storage media can include, but is not limited to,RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memory technology, CD ROM,digital video disk (DVD) or other optical disk storage, magneticcassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage or other magneticstorage devices, or any other medium which can be used to store thedesired information and which can be accessed by the computer.

Communication media typically embodies computer-readable instructions,data structures, program modules, or other data in a modulated datasignal such as a carrier wave or other transport mechanism, and includesany information delivery media. The term “modulated data signal” means asignal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed insuch a manner as to encode information in the signal. By way of example,and not limitation, communication media includes wired media such as awired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless media such asacoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media. Combinations of the anyof the above should also be included within the scope ofcomputer-readable media.

The handset includes a processor 902 for controlling and processing allonboard operations and functions. A memory 904 interfaces to theprocessor 902 for storage of data and one or more applications 906(e.g., a video player software, user feedback component software, etc.).Other applications can include voice recognition of predetermined voicecommands that facilitate initiation of the user feedback signals. Theapplications 906 can be stored in the memory 904 and/or in a firmware908, and executed by the processor 902 from either or both the memory904 or/and the firmware 908. The firmware 908 can also store startupcode for execution in initializing the handset 900. A communicationscomponent 910 interfaces to the processor 902 to facilitatewired/wireless communication with external systems, e.g., cellularnetworks, VoIP networks, and so on. Here, the communications component910 can also include a suitable cellular transceiver 911 (e.g., a GSMtransceiver) and/or an unlicensed transceiver 913 (e.g., Wi-Fi, WiMax)for corresponding signal communications. The handset 900 can be a devicesuch as a cellular telephone, a PDA with mobile communicationscapabilities, and messaging-centric devices. The communicationscomponent 910 also facilitates communications reception from terrestrialradio networks (e.g., broadcast), digital satellite radio networks, andInternet-based radio services networks.

The handset 900 includes a display 912 for displaying text, images,video, telephony functions (e.g., a Caller ID function), setupfunctions, and for user input. For example, the display 912 can also bereferred to as a “screen” that can accommodate the presentation ofmultimedia content (e.g., music metadata, messages, wallpaper, graphics,etc.). The display 912 can also display videos and can facilitate thegeneration, editing and sharing of video quotes. A serial I/O interface914 is provided in communication with the processor 902 to facilitatewired and/or wireless serial communications (e.g., USB, and/or IEEE1394) through a hardwire connection, and other serial input devices(e.g., a keyboard, keypad, and mouse). This supports updating andtroubleshooting the handset 900, for example. Audio capabilities areprovided with an audio I/O component 916, which can include a speakerfor the output of audio signals related to, for example, indication thatthe user pressed the proper key or key combination to initiate the userfeedback signal. The audio I/O component 916 also facilitates the inputof audio signals through a microphone to record data and/or telephonyvoice data, and for inputting voice signals for telephone conversations.

The handset 900 can include a slot interface 918 for accommodating a SIC(Subscriber Identity Component) in the form factor of a card SubscriberIdentity Module (SIM) or universal SIM 920, and interfacing the SIM card920 with the processor 902. However, it is to be appreciated that theSIM card 920 can be manufactured into the handset 900, and updated bydownloading data and software.

The handset 900 can process IP data traffic through the communicationscomponent 910 to accommodate IP traffic from an IP network such as, forexample, the Internet, a corporate intranet, a home network, a personarea network, etc., through an ISP or broadband cable provider. Thus,VOID traffic can be utilized by the handset 900 and IP-based multimediacontent can be received in either an encoded or decoded format.

A video processing component 922 (e.g., a camera) can be provided fordecoding encoded multimedia content. The video processing component 922can aid in facilitating the generation, editing and sharing of videoquotes. The handset 900 also includes a power source 924 in the form ofbatteries and/or an AC power subsystem, which power source 924 caninterface to an external power system or charging equipment (not shown)by a power 110 component 926.

The handset 900 can also include a video component 930 for processingvideo content received and, for recording and transmitting videocontent. For example, the video component 930 can facilitate thegeneration, editing and sharing of video quotes. A location trackingcomponent 932 facilitates geographically locating the handset 900. Asdescribed hereinabove, this can occur when the user initiates thefeedback signal automatically or manually. A user input component 934facilitates the user initiating the quality feedback signal. The userinput component 934 can also facilitate the generation, editing andsharing of video quotes. The user input component 934 can include suchconventional input device technologies such as a keypad, keyboard,mouse, stylus pen, and/or touch screen, for example.

Referring again to the applications 906, a hysteresis component 936facilitates the analysis and processing of hysteresis data, which isutilized to determine when to associate with the access point. Asoftware trigger component 938 can be provided that facilitatestriggering of the hysteresis component 936 when the Wi-Fi transceiver913 detects the beacon of the access point. A SIP client 940 enables thehandset 900 to support SIP protocols and register the subscriber withthe SIP registrar server. The applications 906 can also include a client942 that provides at least the capability of discovery, play and storeof multimedia content, for example, music.

The handset 900, as indicated above related to the communicationscomponent 910, includes an indoor network radio transceiver 913 (e.g.,Wi-Fi transceiver). This function supports the indoor radio link, suchas IEEE 802.11, for the dual-mode GSM handset 900. The handset 900 canaccommodate at least satellite radio services through a handset that cancombine wireless voice and digital radio chipsets into a single handhelddevice.

Referring now to FIG. 10, illustrated is an example block diagram of anexample computer 1000 operable to engage in a system architecture thatfacilitates wireless communications according to one or more embodimentsdescribed herein. The computer 1000 can provide networking andcommunication capabilities between a wired or wireless communicationnetwork and a server (e.g., Microsoft server) and/or communicationdevice. In order to provide additional context for various aspectsthereof, FIG. 10 and the following discussion are intended to provide abrief, general description of a suitable computing environment in whichthe various aspects of the innovation can be implemented to facilitatethe establishment of a transaction between an entity and a third party.While the description above is in the general context ofcomputer-executable instructions that can run on one or more computers,those skilled in the art will recognize that the innovation also can beimplemented in combination with other program modules and/or as acombination of hardware and software.

Generally, program modules include routines, programs, components, datastructures, etc., that perform particular tasks or implement particularabstract data types. Moreover, those skilled in the art will appreciatethat the inventive methods can be practiced with other computer systemconfigurations, including single-processor or multiprocessor computersystems, minicomputers, mainframe computers, as well as personalcomputers, hand-held computing devices, microprocessor-based orprogrammable consumer electronics, and the like, each of which can beoperatively coupled to one or more associated devices.

The illustrated aspects of the innovation can also be practiced indistributed computing environments where certain tasks are performed byremote processing devices that are linked through a communicationsnetwork. In a distributed computing environment, program modules can belocated in both local and remote memory storage devices.

Computing devices typically include a variety of media, which caninclude computer-readable storage media or communications media, whichtwo terms are used herein differently from one another as follows.

Computer-readable storage media can be any available storage media thatcan be accessed by the computer and includes both volatile andnonvolatile media, removable and non-removable media. By way of example,and not limitation, computer-readable storage media can be implementedin connection with any method or technology for storage of informationsuch as computer-readable instructions, program modules, structureddata, or unstructured data. Computer-readable storage media can include,but are not limited to, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory or other memorytechnology, CD-ROM, digital versatile disk (DVD) or other optical diskstorage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic tape, magnetic disk storage orother magnetic storage devices, or other tangible and/or non-transitorymedia which can be used to store desired information. Computer-readablestorage media can be accessed by one or more local or remote computingdevices, e.g., via access requests, queries or other data retrievalprotocols, for a variety of operations with respect to the informationstored by the medium.

Communications media can embody computer-readable instructions, datastructures, program modules or other structured or unstructured data ina data signal such as a modulated data signal, e.g., a carrier wave orother transport mechanism, and includes any information delivery ortransport media. The term “modulated data signal” or signals refers to asignal that has one or more of its characteristics set or changed insuch a manner as to encode information in one or more signals. By way ofexample, and not limitation, communication media include wired media,such as a wired network or direct-wired connection, and wireless mediasuch as acoustic, RF, infrared and other wireless media.

With reference to FIG. 10, implementing various aspects described hereinwith regards to the end-user device can include a computer 1000, thecomputer 1000 including a processing unit 1004, a system memory 1006 anda system bus 1008. The system bus 1008 couples system componentsincluding, but not limited to, the system memory 1006 to the processingunit 1004. The processing unit 1004 can be any of various commerciallyavailable processors. Dual microprocessors and other multi processorarchitectures can also be employed as the processing unit 1004.

The system bus 1008 can be any of several types of bus structure thatcan further interconnect to a memory bus (with or without a memorycontroller), a peripheral bus, and a local bus using any of a variety ofcommercially available bus architectures. The system memory 1006includes read-only memory (ROM) 1027 and random access memory (RAM)1012. A basic input/output system (BIOS) is stored in a non-volatilememory 1027 such as ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, which BIOS contains the basicroutines that help to transfer information between elements within thecomputer 1000, such as during start-up. The RAM 1012 can also include ahigh-speed RAM such as static RAM for caching data.

The computer 1000 further includes an internal hard disk drive (HDD)1014 (e.g., EIDE, SATA), which internal hard disk drive 1014 can also beconfigured for external use in a suitable chassis (not shown), amagnetic floppy disk drive (FDD) 1016, (e.g., to read from or write to aremovable diskette 1018) and an optical disk drive 1020, (e.g., readinga CD-ROM disk 1022 or, to read from or write to other high capacityoptical media such as the DVD). The hard disk drive 1014, magnetic diskdrive 1016 and optical disk drive 1020 can be connected to the systembus 1008 by a hard disk drive interface 1024, a magnetic disk driveinterface 1026 and an optical drive interface 1028, respectively. Theinterface 1024 for external drive implementations includes at least oneor both of Universal Serial Bus (USB) and IEEE 1394 interfacetechnologies. Other external drive connection technologies are withincontemplation of the subject innovation.

The drives and their associated computer-readable media providenonvolatile storage of data, data structures, computer-executableinstructions, and so forth. For the computer 1000 the drives and mediaaccommodate the storage of any data in a suitable digital format.Although the description of computer-readable media above refers to aHDD, a removable magnetic diskette, and a removable optical media suchas a CD or DVD, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the artthat other types of media which are readable by a computer 1000, such aszip drives, magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, cartridges, and thelike, can also be used in the exemplary operating environment, andfurther, that any such media can contain computer-executableinstructions for performing the methods of the disclosed innovation.

A number of program modules can be stored in the drives and RAM 1012,including an operating system 1030, one or more application programs1032, other program modules 1034 and program data 1036. All or portionsof the operating system, applications, modules, and/or data can also becached in the RAM 1012. It is to be appreciated that the innovation canbe implemented with various commercially available operating systems orcombinations of operating systems.

A user can enter commands and information into the computer 1000 throughone or more wired/wireless input devices, e.g., a keyboard 1038 and apointing device, such as a mouse 1040. Other input devices (not shown)can include a microphone, an IR remote control, a joystick, a game pad,a stylus pen, touch screen, or the like. These and other input devicesare often connected to the processing unit 1004 through an input deviceinterface 1042 that is coupled to the system bus 1008, but can beconnected by other interfaces, such as a parallel port, an IEEE 1394serial port, a game port, a USB port, an IR interface, etc.

A monitor 1044 or other type of display device is also connected to thesystem bus 1008 through an interface, such as a video adapter 1046. Inaddition to the monitor 1044, a computer 1000 typically includes otherperipheral output devices (not shown), such as speakers, printers, etc.

The computer 1000 can operate in a networked environment using logicalconnections by wired and/or wireless communications to one or moreremote computers, such as a remote computer(s) 1048. The remotecomputer(s) 1048 can be a workstation, a server computer, a router, apersonal computer, portable computer, microprocessor-based entertainmentdevice, a peer device or other common network node, and typicallyincludes many or all of the elements described relative to the computer,although, for purposes of brevity, only a memory/storage device 1050 isillustrated. The logical connections depicted include wired/wirelessconnectivity to a local area network (LAN) 1052 and/or larger networks,e.g., a wide area network (WAN) 1054. Such LAN and WAN networkingenvironments are commonplace in offices and companies, and facilitateenterprise-wide computer networks, such as intranets, all of which canconnect to a global communications network, e.g., the Internet.

When used in a LAN networking environment, the computer 1000 isconnected to the local network 1052 through a wired and/or wirelesscommunication network interface or adapter 1056. The adapter 1056 canfacilitate wired or wireless communication to the LAN 1052, which canalso include a wireless access point disposed thereon for communicatingwith the wireless adapter 1056.

When used in a WAN networking environment, the computer 1000 can includea modem 1058, or is connected to a communications server on the WAN1054, or has other means for establishing communications over the WAN1054, such as by way of the Internet. The modem 1058, which can beinternal or external and a wired or wireless device, is connected to thesystem bus 1008 through the input device interface 1042. In a networkedenvironment, program modules depicted relative to the computer, orportions thereof, can be stored in the remote memory/storage device1050. It will be appreciated that the network connections shown areexemplary and other means of establishing a communications link betweenthe computers can be used.

The computer is operable to communicate with any wireless devices orentities operatively disposed in wireless communication, e.g., aprinter, scanner, desktop and/or portable computer, portable dataassistant, communications satellite, any piece of equipment or locationassociated with a wirelessly detectable tag (e.g., a kiosk, news stand,restroom), and telephone. This includes at least Wi-Fi and BluetoothTMwireless technologies. Thus, the communication can be a predefinedstructure as with a conventional network or simply an ad hoccommunication between at least two devices.

Wi-Fi, or Wireless Fidelity, allows connection to the Internet from acouch at home, in a hotel room, or a conference room at work, withoutwires. Wi-Fi is a wireless technology similar to that used in a cellphone that enables such devices, e.g., computers, to send and receivedata indoors and out; anywhere within the range of a base station. Wi-Finetworks use radio technologies called IEEE 802.11 (a, b, g, etc.) toprovide secure, reliable, fast wireless connectivity. A Wi-Fi networkcan be used to connect computers to each other, to the Internet, and towired networks (which use IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet). Wi-Fi networksoperate in the unlicensed 2.4 and 5 GHz radio bands, at an 11 Mbps(802.11a) or 54 Mbps (802.11b) data rate, for example, or with productsthat contain both bands (dual band), so the networks can providereal-world performance similar to the basic 10 BaseT wired Ethernetnetworks used in many offices.

The various aspects described herein can relate to new radio, which canbe deployed as a standalone radio access technology or as anon-standalone radio access technology assisted by another radio accesstechnology, such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), for example. It should benoted that although various aspects and embodiments have been describedherein in the context of 5G, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System(UMTS), and/or Long Term Evolution (LTE), or other next generationnetworks, the disclosed aspects are not limited to 5G, a UMTSimplementation, and/or an LTE implementation as the techniques can alsobe applied in 3G, 4G, or LTE systems. For example, aspects or featuresof the disclosed embodiments can be exploited in substantially anywireless communication technology. Such wireless communicationtechnologies can include UMTS, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA),Wi-Fi, Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), GeneralPacket Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced GPRS, Third Generation PartnershipProject (3GPP), LTE, Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2)Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), EvolvedHigh Speed Packet Access (HSPA+), High-Speed Downlink Packet Access(HSDPA), High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Zigbee, or anotherIEEE 802.XX technology. Additionally, substantially all aspectsdisclosed herein can be exploited in legacy telecommunicationtechnologies.

As used herein, “5G” can also be referred to as New Radio (NR) access.Accordingly, systems, methods, and/or machine-readable storage media forfacilitating link adaptation of downlink control channel for 5G systemsare desired. As used herein, one or more aspects of a 5G network cancomprise, but is not limited to, data rates of several tens of megabitsper second (Mbps) supported for tens of thousands of users; at least onegigabit per second (Gbps) to be offered simultaneously to tens of users(e.g., tens of workers on the same office floor); several hundreds ofthousands of simultaneous connections supported for massive sensordeployments; spectral efficiency significantly enhanced compared to 4G;improvement in coverage relative to 4G; signaling efficiency enhancedcompared to 4G; and/or latency significantly reduced compared to LTE.

The communication link-system performance can be enhanced with the useof forward error correction codes. When forward error correction isapplied to the information block the additional parity bits can be addedto the information bits. These additional parity bits can protect theinformation bits when passed through the communication channel fromeffects of the channel (e.g., Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN),multipath fading and so on.). Currently, 3GPP is discussing forwarderror correction codes for data traffic channels and control channels,which have short block lengths for 5G systems. Examples of these includeturbo convolution codes, low density parity check (LDPC) codes, andpolar code.

For turbo convolution codes, two convolution codes can be concatenatedin parallel and iterative decoding can be applied at the receiver. Theconvolution codes can perform close to Shannon limit in AWGN channels.The Shannon limit, or Shannon capacity, of a communications channelrefers to a theoretical maximum information transfer rate of the channelfor a particular noise level. Currently 3G and 4G systems are usingthese type of codes. LDPC codes, also referred to as Gallager codes, area class of linear block codes where the parity check matrix is sparse(low density of 1s). When iterative decoding is applied at the receiver,these codes can perform close to Shannon capacity with less decodingcomplexity. Currently IEEE 802.11x, family uses LDPC codes as forwarderror correction code. Further, polar codes can achieve the symmetriccapacity of arbitrary binary-input discrete memoryless channels under alow complexity successive cancellation decoding strategy. Based onperformance in additive AWGN channels, LDPC code can be used for datatraffic channels and polar codes can be used for control channels.

An aspect of 5G, which differentiates from previous 4G systems, is theuse of NR. NR architecture can be designed to support multipledeployment cases for independent configuration of resources used forRACH procedures. Since the NR can provide additional services than thoseprovided by LTE, efficiencies can be generated by leveraging the prosand cons of LTE and NR to facilitate the interplay between LTE and NR,as discussed herein.

Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” or “anembodiment,” means that a particular feature, structure, orcharacteristic described in connection with the embodiment is includedin at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearances of the phrase “in oneembodiment,” “in one aspect,” or “in an embodiment,” in various placesthroughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to thesame embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, orcharacteristics can be combined in any suitable manner in one or moreembodiments.

As used in this disclosure, in some embodiments, the terms “component,”“system,” “interface,” and the like are intended to refer to, orcomprise, a computer-related entity or an entity related to anoperational apparatus with one or more specific functionalities, whereinthe entity can be either hardware, a combination of hardware andsoftware, software, or software in execution, and/or firmware. As anexample, a component can be, but is not limited to being, a processrunning on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable, a threadof execution, computer-executable instructions, a program, and/or acomputer. By way of illustration and not limitation, both an applicationrunning on a server and the server can be a component

One or more components can reside within a process and/or thread ofexecution and a component can be localized on one computer and/ordistributed between two or more computers. In addition, these componentscan execute from various computer readable media having various datastructures stored thereon. The components can communicate via localand/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having oneor more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting withanother component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across anetwork such as the Internet with other systems via the signal). Asanother example, a component can be an apparatus with specificfunctionality provided by mechanical parts operated by electric orelectronic circuitry, which is operated by a software application orfirmware application executed by one or more processors, wherein theprocessor can be internal or external to the apparatus and can executeat least a part of the software or firmware application. As yet anotherexample, a component can be an apparatus that provides specificfunctionality through electronic components without mechanical parts,the electronic components can comprise a processor therein to executesoftware or firmware that confer(s) at least in part the functionalityof the electronic components. In an aspect, a component can emulate anelectronic component via a virtual machine, e.g., within a cloudcomputing system. While various components have been illustrated asseparate components, it will be appreciated that multiple components canbe implemented as a single component, or a single component can beimplemented as multiple components, without departing from exampleembodiments In addition, the words “example” and “exemplary” are usedherein to mean serving as an instance or illustration. Any embodiment ordesign described herein as “example” or “exemplary” is not necessarilyto be construed as preferred or advantageous over other embodiments ordesigns. Rather, use of the word example or exemplary is intended topresent concepts in a concrete fashion. As used in this application, theterm “or” is intended to mean an inclusive “or” rather than an exclusive“or.” That is, unless specified otherwise or clear from context, “Xemploys A or B” is intended to mean any of the natural inclusivepermutations. That is, if X employs A; X employs B; or X employs both Aand B, then “X employs A or B” is satisfied under any of the foregoinginstances. In addition, the articles “a” and “an” as used in thisapplication and the appended claims should generally be construed tomean “one or more” unless specified otherwise or clear from context tobe directed to a singular form.

Moreover, terms such as “mobile device equipment,” “mobile station,”“mobile,” subscriber station,” “access terminal,” “terminal,” “handset,”“communication device,” “mobile device” (and/or terms representingsimilar terminology) can refer to a wireless device utilized by asubscriber or mobile device of a wireless communication service toreceive or convey data, control, voice, video, sound, gaming orsubstantially any data-stream or signaling-stream. The foregoing termsare utilized interchangeably herein and with reference to the relateddrawings. Likewise, the terms “access point (AP),” “Base Station (BS),”BS transceiver, BS device, cell site, cell site device, “Node B (NB),”“evolved Node B (eNode B),” “home Node B (HNB)” and the like, areutilized interchangeably in the application, and refer to a wirelessnetwork component or appliance that transmits and/or receives data,control, voice, video, sound, gaming or substantially any data-stream orsignaling-stream from one or more subscriber stations. Data andsignaling streams can be packetized or frame-based flows. Furthermore,the terms “device,” “communication device,” “mobile device,”“subscriber,” “customer entity,” “consumer,” “customer entity,” “entity”and the like are employed interchangeably throughout, unless contextwarrants particular distinctions among the terms. It should beappreciated that such terms can refer to human entities or automatedcomponents supported through artificial intelligence (e.g., a capacityto make inference based on complex mathematical formalisms), which canprovide simulated vision, sound recognition and so forth.

Embodiments described herein can be exploited in substantially anywireless communication technology, comprising, but not limited to,wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), global system for mobile communications(GSM), universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS), worldwideinteroperability for microwave access (WiMAX), enhanced general packetradio service (enhanced GPRS), third generation partnership project(3GPP) long term evolution (LTE), third generation partnership project 2(3GPP2) ultra mobile broadband (UMB), high speed packet access (HSPA),Z-Wave, Zigbee and other 802.XX wireless technologies and/or legacytelecommunication technologies.

Systems, methods and/or machine-readable storage media for facilitatinga two-stage downlink control channel for 5G systems are provided herein.Legacy wireless systems such as LTE, Long-Term Evolution Advanced(LTE-A), High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) etc. use fixed modulationformat for downlink control channels. Fixed modulation format impliesthat the downlink control channel format is always encoded with a singletype of modulation (e.g., quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK)) and hasa fixed code rate. Moreover, the forward error correction (FEC) encoderuses a single, fixed mother code rate of ⅓ with rate matching. Thisdesign does not taken into the account channel statistics. For example,if the channel from the BS device to the mobile device is very good, thecontrol channel cannot use this information to adjust the modulation,code rate, thereby unnecessarily allocating power on the controlchannel. Similarly, if the channel from the BS to the mobile device ispoor, then there is a probability that the mobile device might not ableto decode the information received with only the fixed modulation andcode rate. As used herein, the term “infer” or “inference” refersgenerally to the process of reasoning about, or inferring states of, thesystem, environment, user, and/or intent from a set of observations ascaptured via events and/or data. Captured data and events can includeuser data, device data, environment data, data from sensors, sensordata, application data, implicit data, explicit data, etc. Inference canbe employed to identify a specific context or action, or can generate aprobability distribution over states of interest based on aconsideration of data and events, for example.

Inference can also refer to techniques employed for composinghigher-level events from a set of events and/or data. Such inferenceresults in the construction of new events or actions from a set ofobserved events and/or stored event data, whether the events arecorrelated in close temporal proximity, and whether the events and datacome from one or several event and data sources. Various classificationschemes and/or systems (e.g., support vector machines, neural networks,expert systems, Bayesian belief networks, fuzzy logic, and data fusionengines) can be employed in connection with performing automatic and/orinferred action in connection with the disclosed subject matter.

In addition, the various embodiments can be implemented as a method,apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and/orengineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or anycombination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosedsubject matter. The term “article of manufacture” as used herein isintended to encompass a computer program accessible from anycomputer-readable device, machine-readable device, computer-readablecarrier, computer-readable media, machine-readable media,computer-readable (or machine-readable) storage/communication media. Forexample, computer-readable media can comprise, but are not limited to, amagnetic storage device, e.g., hard disk; floppy disk; magneticstrip(s); an optical disk (e.g., compact disk (CD), a digital video disc(DVD), a Blu-ray DiscTM (BD)); a smart card; a flash memory device(e.g., card, stick, key drive); and/or a virtual device that emulates astorage device and/or any of the above computer-readable media. Ofcourse, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications canbe made to this configuration without departing from the scope or spiritof the various embodiments

The above description of illustrated embodiments of the subjectdisclosure, including what is described in the Abstract, is not intendedto be exhaustive or to limit the disclosed embodiments to the preciseforms disclosed. While specific embodiments and examples are describedherein for illustrative purposes, various modifications are possiblethat are considered within the scope of such embodiments and examples,as those skilled in the relevant art can recognize.

In this regard, while the subject matter has been described herein inconnection with various embodiments and corresponding FIGs, whereapplicable, it is to be understood that other similar embodiments can beused or modifications and additions can be made to the describedembodiments for performing the same, similar, alternative, or substitutefunction of the disclosed subject matter without deviating therefrom.Therefore, the disclosed subject matter should not be limited to anysingle embodiment described herein, but rather should be construed inbreadth and scope in accordance with the appended claims below.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method, comprising: transmitting, by a mobiledevice comprising a processor, a signaling message to a network deviceof a wireless network, wherein the signaling message comprises firstdata indicating a device type of the mobile device and second dataindicating a distance measurement of the mobile device with respect to areference point; and implementing, by the mobile device, a firstinstruction related to a power setting and a second instruction relatedto an operating parameter, wherein the first instruction and the secondinstruction are received from the network device and are based on thedevice type of the mobile device and the distance measurement of themobile device.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device type of themobile device comprises a device capable of movement in a verticaldirection.
 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile device is adrone equipped with wireless communications functionality.
 4. The methodof claim 1, further comprising setting, by the mobile device, a firstflag in the signaling message to a binary value indicating the devicetype of the mobile device and a second flag in the signaling message toa numerical value indicating the distance measurement, wherein the firstdata comprises the first flag and the second data comprises the secondflag.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the binary value is a value ofzero based on the mobile device being a ground-based device and a valueof one based on the mobile device being a self-powered air transportdevice.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the implementing the firstinstruction related to the power setting and the second instructionrelated to the operating parameter comprises receiving the firstinstruction and the second instruction that are configured for themobile device based on the signaling message.
 7. The method of claim 1,wherein the network device is a first network device, and wherein thesecond instruction comprises a hand-off instruction that indicates amovement of the mobile device from the first network device to a secondnetwork device.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the distancemeasurement is included in a defined measurement range identified by avalue associated with the second data.
 9. The method of claim 8, whereinthe defined measurement range is configured to conserve batteryresources of the mobile device.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein thereference point is a mean sea level and the distance measurement is analtitude measurement.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the referencepoint is a local ground level and the distance measurement is analtitude measurement.
 12. A system, comprising: a processor; and amemory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by theprocessor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:transmitting a first signal that comprises a first indication of adevice type and a second signal that comprises a second indication of adistance measurement of a device with respect to a reference datum; andadjusting a first configurable setting of the device and a secondconfigurable setting of the device based on an instruction received inreply to the transmitting the first signal and the second signal. 13.The system of claim 12, wherein the instruction comprises a change tothe first configurable setting and the second configurable setting beingcustomized for the device based on the device type and the distancemeasurement.
 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first configurablesetting is related to an operating parameter and the second configurablesetting is related to a power parameter.
 15. The system of claim 12,wherein the transmitting the first signal comprises setting a firstindicator in a message to a defined binary value based on the devicebeing a self-powered device capable of being airborne.
 16. The system ofclaim 15, wherein the distance measurement is a vertical distancemeasurement, and wherein the transmitting the second signal compriseschanging a second indicator in the message based on the verticaldistance measurement being within a defined measurement range.
 17. Thesystem of claim 12, wherein the reference datum is a local ground level.18. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executableinstructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performanceof operations, comprising: sending, to a network device of networkdevices, a signaling message that comprises first data indicative of adevice type of a mobile device and second data indicative of a distancemeasurement of the mobile device with respect to a reference point; andmodifying a power setting based on a first instruction and an operatingparameter based on a second instruction, wherein the first instructionand the second instruction are received in response to the signalingmessage and are customized for the mobile device.
 19. Themachine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the device type ofthe mobile device comprises an indication that the mobile device iscapable of self-powered flight.
 20. The machine-readable storage mediumof claim 18, wherein the mobile device is an unmanned aerial vehiclecapable of communicating within a wireless communications network.